I'm a full time Java programmer, but I look for every opportunity to use Perl. (Speaking of Java, if you know Java or are interested in learning more about it, please visit Java Junkies and lend your expertise, ask questions, or contribute in some other way.)

Things I love (in no particular order)

Perl (no surprises there)

Drawing and painting - I've started an art business:
www.artworkbytaylor.com I mostly do
portraits in pencil (like my photo above), but lately I've been doing more painting
with watercolor and acrylics. Studying airbrush techniques and may start with that, as well. I also design logos, tattoos, etc.
I use Perl on my site to handle contact/feedback messages from visitors, image
uploads for price quotes, and mailing list subs‎crip‎tion requests. I'd be happy to
give a significant discount to anymonk who mentions Perl Monks. :)

My MacPro, especially now that I can use it
to hack Perl much more conveniently. (The fact that OS X comes with gcc, Apache, PHP,
and tons of other stuff is great too.)

Tweaking my 2001 Corvette Z06.

Comic Books - I have pretty nice collections of Uncanny X-Men, The Darkness, and Witchblade. I have a nicer Wolverine collection (issues 1-146 and a few after that).

ebay - Be very, very careful. If you've been there, then you know why. :)

Ada Lovelace for the palindrome
Albert Einstein for having smelly feet
Alfred Nobel for his contribution to battlefield science
Burkhard Heim for providing the missing link between science and mysticism
Claude Shannnon for riding a unicycle at night at MIT
Donald Knuth for being such a great organist
Edward Teller for being the template for Dr. Strangelove
Edwin Hubble for pretending to be a pipe-smoking English gentleman
Erwin Schrödinger for cruelty to cats
Hedy Lamarr for weaponizing pianos
Hugh Everett for immortality, especially for cats
Isaac Newton for his occult studies
Kikunae Ikeda for discovering the secrets of soy sauce
Larry Wall for his website
Louis Camille Maillard for discovering why steaks taste good
Marie Curie for the shiny stuff
Nikola Tesla for the cool cars
Paul Dirac for speaking one word per hour when socializing
Richard Feynman for his bongo skills
Robert Oppenheimer for his in-depth knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita
Rusi P Taleyarkhan for Cold Fusion
Sigmund Freud for his Ménage ā trois
Theodor W Adorno for his contribution to the reception of jazz
Wilhelm Röntgen for the foundations of body scanners
Yulii Borisovich Khariton for the Tsar Bomba
Other (please explain why)